Playing word games — like the New York Times Spelling Bee, or “Wordle” (a game which was just recently bought by the New York Times, and thus will likely require a fee in order to play) entails some reflection and methodology of thought. Word games are meant for fun; they are often challenging, and prompt us to engage in an intellectual exercise devoid of reality.
There are, of course, other “word games” — ones which are played in the field of reality and the objective world. It is how human beings engage with one another, and it is seen each day throughout the world in courtrooms and battles utilizing and applying the law. Unlike word games where there are no real consequences in “real life”, the other kind of word games results in an impactful determination upon individual lives.
FERS Federal Disability Retirement Law is no different. As every Federal Disability Retirement application is a paper presentation to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, it must by necessity involve a certain level of word games — of presenting the applicable case-law; of formulating the proper language; of engaging in the give-and-take of legal argumentation, etc.
Wittgenstein called it a “language game”, but in the end, they amount to the same thing: Words, as parts of a language, engaged in a “game” which must be played. And in doing so, it is a good idea to contact a FERS Attorney who is experienced in the word game of Federal Disability Retirement Law, lest the twisting tunnels of legal language lead you to the ends of the earth where a gaping hole of a denial from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management leaves you speechless in a word game of real-life consequences.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McGill
Lawyer exclusively representing Federal and Postal employees to secure their Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
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